madness

The weather was not so good today. It rained heavily, which dispelled some of the heat. Standing on the side of the road was a young man wearing white lantern sleeves and black trousers. At first glance, he looked like he had stepped out of a medieval oil painting.

He didn't bring an umbrella, so he hid under the eaves on the side of the street, holding a handful of misty blue flowers in his hand, which were blissful in the drizzle, and the petals were so moist and tender that they were so tender and beautiful.

When Su Tianlin came over, he saw him standing there, with his head slightly raised, looking at the strings of raindrops dripping from the eaves, and reaching out to catch them.

A handful was quickly stored in the palm of my hand.

"How long have you been standing here?"

Su Tianlin asked.

Only then did Su Zhiyun lower his head to look at the other party, as if realizing that it was wrong to be in a daze just now, he smiled: "Not long."

Seeing him smile, Su Tianlin frowned for a moment, but then quickly let go.

"It's okay, don't smirk, it's ugly."

Su Zhiyun was not angry when he heard this, but just nodded and responded very obediently.

"Okay, then I won't laugh anymore."

But this made Su Tianlin even more uncomfortable. He felt that if he spoke again at this moment, he would be finding fault again and again, so he could only swallow the words that came to his lips.

During the conversation between the two, Su Zhiyun suddenly raised his head and glanced behind him.

"what happened?"

Su Tianlin subconsciously looked back.

Nothing.

"It's nothing." Su Zhiyun lowered his eyelashes, the drizzle wet his hair, and even his eyes looked crystal clear and harmless: "Brother, let's go."

"Are you uncomfortable again?"

Su Tianlin's expression changed.

"No." Su Zhiyun gently grasped his wrist, his palm was close to Su Tianlin, it was cold and soft, and he handed over a bouquet of flowers with his right hand, like a boneless snake unable to cling, soft as if boneless: "These are the flowers I ordered for my mother before. .”

Su Tianhe asked him to touch it with his fingers, shivering from the cold, frowned tightly, and muttered to himself: "It's summer, why are your hands so cold."

He only thought that Su Zhiyun was in poor health, but Su Zhiyun didn't answer.

"Let's go back early, don't make mom wait too long."

After the two returned home, it was completely dark. Su Zhiyun went in to change his shoes. When the golden-haired Chuan Chuan lying in the stairwell saw him, he let out a deep roar from his throat. His front body fell to the ground and his tail exploded. The boss was not happy.

"Lele! Don't bark." Su Tianlin snorted softly, "It's been a while, why don't you know anyone yet?"

Lele gave him a hard time, and became listless, with his tail hanging down, sobbing pitifully, blinking his big moist eyes, lying on the ground feeling aggrieved.

"It just hasn't seen you for too long, so it doesn't recognize you."

Su Tianlin explained for the first time.

"It's okay, it only saw me when I was a child."

Su Zhiyun's hair was slightly wet, and a drop of water dripped down the tip of the hair. The nanny saw it and quickly handed over a towel. When he took it, he said thank you, and continued: "Besides, I'm also at home After staying for so long, it still doesn't recognize me."

There was clearly no complaint or anger in that tone, but it was so calm that Su Tianlin didn't know what to say.

When eating, Li Yanjiao was very happy when she saw the flower, and immediately played with it fondly.Her appearance has not changed from before, her skin is still fair, her jaw is tight, her eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, and the blue flowers make her even more beautiful.

"Did you prepare this for me, Tianlin?"

Su Tianlin said: "This is prepared by Su Zhiyun."

As soon as she heard that Su Zhiyun prepared it, Li Yanjiao's smile gradually disappeared. She let go of her hand, as if losing interest. The bouquet fell on the table with a "click" with her movements, and a few phalaenopsis fell— -"Let's eat."

Su Tianhe shook his head disapprovingly: "Yanjiao, does it matter who gave it to you?"

And Li Yanjiao didn't even look at him, she just wiped her hands slowly with a tissue, and said to Su Zhiyun in a neutral tone: "Mom doesn't like this flower very much, you can throw it away for me later, can you?"

"Of course." Su Zhiyun nodded: "Since you don't like it, then I won't give it away in the future."

"It's not about the flowers, it's about the people."

Li Yanjiao said.

"Do you understand what I want to say? Zhiyun."

As soon as she finished speaking, the faces of the people at the table changed. Only Su Zhiyun was still not angry. He nodded and replied in an unusually natural way: "I know, it's all my problem, I won't prepare any more in the future."

Only then did Li Yanjiao nodded in satisfaction, and said no more.

Only Su Tianlin's face became more and more ugly.

After dinner, Su Zhiyun politely greeted everyone one by one.

"Dad, Mom, brother, I'm done eating, can I go up first?"

After getting the answer, Su Zhiyun got up, walked halfway, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and said softly: "Dad, I want to get my ears pierced."

Su Tianhe was sitting on the sofa smoking a cigarette. With a briefcase in his hand, he slowly rubbed his thumb against the worn-out pink piggy doll, and the smoke enveloped his face.

Su Zhiyun waited patiently for his reply.

It took a while for Su Tianhe to realize that he didn't hear what the other party said clearly, but he expected that Su Zhiyun would not ask too much, so he just answered yes, looking a little careless: "Yes, it's up to you."

"Then I'll go up and rest."

"Go ahead."

After receiving the reply, Su Zhiyun turned around and went upstairs, the slippers rattled, until the sound of footsteps completely disappeared, Su Tianhe raised his head and took a look there.

The stairwell was empty, and he fell back on the sofa, his white temples reflected by the light, making him look a lot older.

"Dad." Su Tianlin came over, hesitant to speak: "Su Zhiyun, he..."

"I know." Su Tianhe rubbed his sore temples. Excessive use of his eyes made his brain heavy and his ears and nose swollen: "You think he is a little strange, don't you?"

Although Su Tianhe claimed that Su Zhiyun had gone to study abroad, Su Tianlin sensed that something was wrong. After Su Zhiyun came back from this trip, he was completely reborn and became extremely sensible and sensible.

Sometimes this self-awareness and obedience even go too far, showing a kind of strange and instinctive eagerness for rules like a doll.

What school can have such an effect.

"Don't ask any more questions, it has nothing to do with you."

Su Tianhe interrupted him, but took a deep sip of the cigarette in his hand and exhaled.

"Isn't he very good now? He is obedient and sensible, and he doesn't fight with others anymore, and he doesn't cause trouble anymore."

The smoke made Su Tianlin's eyes hurt. He rubbed it, and heard Su Tianhe say again: "I never expected him to be rich or have any great achievements. I just hope that he will not go astray and be able to behave normally." As long as you integrate into this society, it’s not too much.”

"Do you really think he's all right now?"

"You can't ask a person to be perfect." Su Tianhe was noncommittal, he dusted off the cigarette ash, a little indifferent: "At least he is much more normal now than before, and that's enough."

That face was still familiar, peaceful and loving, Su Tianlin remained silent, but his heart was torn apart.

On the one hand, he really couldn't deny what Su Tianhe said, but on the other hand, he couldn't help thinking about what could be considered "normal" and what could be considered "abnormal" in this world?Because he does not meet the secular definition of "normal", should he be made "normal"?

The normal standard exists only in Su Tianhe's mind. Su Zhiyun was sent for correction because he failed to meet this standard, and he was forcibly corrected into a "normal" appearance.

But everyone, including him, felt that such a state of cutting their feet and fitting their shoes was good, even if it would make the other party dripping with blood and bruises.

"What if I'm the one you think is abnormal?"

Su Tianhe said: "This assumption does not exist at all, so it is meaningless."

Su Tianlin was not satisfied with this answer.

But he couldn't refute it, and even subconsciously was a little afraid of the answer that the other party might say.

He vaguely guessed that it would not be the answer he wanted.

……

It also rained the next day, and University A started. Su Tianlin sent Su Zhiyun to the school. He seemed to be in a hurry because he had classes in the second period. His eyes were blue and black, obviously he didn't sleep well last night.

Su Zhiyun was sent to the school gate by him, and he saw Su Tianlin driving away in a car.

He had a lot of things and was holding an umbrella, which was inconvenient, so he stood at the school gate for a while.

Seeing this, some seniors warmly greeted them, and Su Zhiyun raised the umbrella.

They were slightly taken aback.

The seniors are even more eager.

"You are so tall, how old are you?"

"I repeated it for a year, so I should be the same age as my senior."

Su Zhiyun tactfully refused the girls' request to help him carry his luggage, and followed a senior from the Chinese department to the men's dormitory.

The senior couldn't help but winked and teased him.

"You have really good luck. The girl who talked to you just now is our famous flower of Gaoling."

"Which dorm do you live in?"

Su Zhiyun said: "607."

"Unfortunately, it's not Xiyi. There is a big celebrity living in 607 Xiyi."

"is it?"

"Of course, he's still in our club now." The senior said with a very complacent expression: "Xiao Su, would you like to come to our club for a try? I think you should be quite suitable."

Su Zhiyun glanced over upon hearing this.

A pair of misty eyes, the eyelashes were wet from the rain, and the skin was so moist that it became cold and pale.

"What does your society do?"

The senior was stunned by that look, and then became more enthusiastic: "You are just a stage play, Xiao Su, I think you are really suitable, you can give it a try."

He scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Although it's not very good to say this, I think you are a bit like our pillars!"

……

In the activity room, everyone was sitting scattered, and the windows were all wide open to let the wind blow. The room was still stuffy, damp and humid, and the exhaled breath was scalding hot.

In the steaming heat, Bai Yue was fanning herself with a fan while reciting her lines, her eyes sneaking glances at Gu Zehuan who was standing next to the fan from time to time.

He didn't seem to be afraid of the heat at all, and he didn't sweat a little, only his T-shirt was wet when it rained earlier, and the skin on his shoulder blades was faintly exposed.

Bai Yue listened carefully and fascinated to the voice that came out of Gu Zehuan's mouth. The complicated and complicated sentences were endowed with a wonderful charm because of the person who uttered the words, and turned into a small snack dripping with honey and sugar. , making her heart soft and wet.

Before she knew it, she closed her mouth, and only Gu Zehuan's voice was left in the activity room.

"If you want to deceive the world, you must pretend to be like the world; let your eyes, your hands, and the tip of your tongue welcome everywhere; let them see you like a pure flower, but under the petals But a poisonous snake lurks."

The sound of opening the door interrupted all this, and Gu Zehuan's voice also stopped abruptly.

Su Zhiyun stood at the door. He was well dressed, except for a pair of black earrings on his ears, snow-white sleeves, black eyebrows and eyes, not showing any sharpness.

"Hello."

The author says:

① This line comes from Shakespeare's "Macbeth"